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5 Interview Questions for John McCain
You've been asked theses questions in an interview...see how this Presidential candidate might answer them. Find a written summary of today's show along with a link to Jake's Comedy Corner at BIGGSUCCESS.COM.
- Welcome to The Big Success Show. Today, we have five interview questions for John McCain. - The Big Success Show with George and Mary Lynn. - Well, Mary Lynn, we've got a big election coming up here in another couple of months. - That is big with two Gs. - That's great, here in the United States, it's convention time, and of course, the Republicans are wrapping up their convention this evening. - That's right, and comedian Jake Novak is going to join us. - Well, last week, he had five interview questions for Barack Obama. Well, this week, we got to turn the tables and see how John McCain would respond to those same questions. - Well, that will be very interesting. - And entertaining. - Well, and last week, we talked about the Democrats and that led to some discussion of donkeys. This week, for some reason, when I think of Republicans, I think of elephants. - I saw a lady in the crowd on one of the convention nights. - Mary Lynn, please be kind. - Oh, no. She was wearing an elephant hat. - Oh, Jake, an elephant hat. - It was the oddest looking thing. - I hope the trunk doesn't fall off and smack her in the face. - Yeah, oh, my eye. Well, we decided to take this spin since Jake is going to be doing interview questions. Or, you know, we're talking about interviewing skills. Now, last week, we pretended we were a donkey going to an interview this week. - Yeah, unfortunately, Mary Lynn, you said that was too natural for me. I don't know what you mean by that. - Well, this week, the elephant-- - There you go. - We went to the interview. - Well, and so with our fictional elephant, we kind of fixed the trunk so that it looked like a tie. - Very nice. - That's right. Gave him the Breakfast of Elephant Champions, which is a little bit of grass, I guess, right? - A lot of grass. - We sent him off for the interview. And one of the things that our elephant emphasized was the fact that he has just an incredible memory. And the thing about a great memory is that can help you, Mary Lynn, if you're the one conducting the interview, that would help you. I could help you as the elephant quit smiling, would you? (laughing) - Nice tie. - Thank you. But I could help you remember the names of our important clients. I could help remember things that maybe don't get documented like we'd like, and so I can be a major asset to your organization because of my fantastic memory. - Okay, and then also as the elephant, I would want to emphasize my strength. I mean, look at me. I'm big and bad. - I'm looking. (laughing) - That's right. - You can't topple me. And hey, if you need someone to lighten the load, I'm your gal. (laughing) - Well, I guess Mary Lynn, as we were preparing for these two shows, the donkey and the elephant, one of the things that I guess I found most intriguing was the fact that both the donkey and the elephant emphasize their strengths. - Well, I don't know that they emphasize their strengths. - Yes. (laughing) - But they're both known for strength. - All right, well, our fictional donkey and elephant emphasize their strengths in the interview, right? And the thing is, it's interesting how there are times that we might use the strength or need the strength of a donkey. There are times when we might need the strength of the elephant, but the donkey could go places the elephant couldn't go. And so just with us, I guess, to try to bring this back to the human point, right? (laughing) The thing is, you may have strengths. Think about the nuances of those strengths and specifically how they might be able to benefit the person that you're talking to. - And coming up, comedian Jake Novak has five interview questions for John McCain. - Today we're talking about bringing out your best characteristics in a job interview. And we found out that even an elephant could do it. - We've got comedian Jake Novak from Jake's Comedy Corner on "The Big Success Show" with us today. And last week, you gave us your top five interview questions that you would ask Barack Obama. This week, it's time to turn the tables. - Yeah, I'm gonna ask John McCain for them, to be in the spirit of bipartisanship and fairness, we're gonna ask the same exact question. 'Cause these are the same horrible questions that you get in every job interview. You hear the same ones every single time. - We can all relate to this. - If you think you're nervous getting job interview, the person interviewing was super-nervous too, 'cause they ask you those terrible questions, the same ones every time. But the first one they always ask you is where do you see yourself in five years? So I like to ask John McCain, where do you see himself in five years? And please don't say the shady pines nursing home, because that's where I wanna put my parents and there's not enough room as it is to try different, different, neuro-nurfing home, please. - All right. - You don't wanna live with your parents again. - No, no, no. Second question is are you willing to travel for this job because you know Senator McCain, you tend to get cranky when you have to sit on the plane for more than 15 minutes at a time, so there's gonna be a little bit more travel here. - All right. - They always ask you to describe your employment history. So if for Senator McCain, I'd just like him to leave out all this stuff before the invention of metal tools, but gathering and stuff, I can understand that. - There you go. - Listening to him is like watching the history channel. - Yeah, I don't want to have to do that. It is the essential question, essential question is, what can you do for us or the other candidates' camp? Because the last time I checked, the Senate has like 115 Republican white guys who want to be president. It's not really that unique in that way. - That's right. - That isn't change. - Yeah, the final question is what will you do when you get this position? Because I'm just hoping that Senator McCain, you will not go on Jay Leno again, are you? Because that's really not doing right by the American people. - There you go. - You know, you can go on TV by yourself with that. I'm gonna go on someone else's show once you get elected president. - That's right. - I hope you take advantage of that. That's what I call executive privilege, the right to avoid Leno and Letterman. - That's right. - My friends. - My main question, Jake would be, you know, like when he's filling out the job application, what does he put down for the address? - That's right. I didn't remember all the homes. - All right, we've got a link to Jake's comedy corner on our site today at Big Success. That's bigwith2gsuccess.com and Jake, thanks so much. - It's very, you're welcome. - You can get a written summary of today's show on our site at Big Success. That's bigwith2gsuccess.com and don't forget to sign up for our Big Success Weekly. Get the tips and tools you need to be a Big Success free every week. - Next time we ask, how honest should you be with your employees? - Until then, here's to your Big Success. - The Big Success Show at B-I-G-G success.com. ♪ WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! ♪ [BLANK_AUDIO]